Tazzy, my apologies I am suitably chastised. I did my lines wearing my I reek of putrefaction shirt (now a bit snug I grant you) purchased in 1990 on the Symphonies of Sickness tour at the Wrexham War Memorial club, one of Mikes first gigs. Happy times. Just a shame Ken can't be a part of it again

Autopsy are more my cup of tea/goblet of curdled blood. Saw them back in 89/90 supported by Paradise Lost (when PL were Death Metal). Picked up their latest offering last week. Glad to hear they haven't changed at all!

i saw autopsy/PL at bradford queen's hall, autopsy were incredible.
morbid angel too- saw them in a place called the 244 club on westgate road in newcastle, which was basically a house. and they played in what was the lounge, complete with crappy 70s style gas fire and a sofa in the corner of the room too. it was an ace night, that!

Mikey, agree with that most times, but one of my favourite bands Sabbat were even better live the second time around, when they were doing it just for fun as a lads weekend. I hope Carcass will be the same, they sound pretty tight with the new line up.

Taz, would dearly like to see most screamo kiddies teleported back to the late 80s early 90s = Slayer in Manchester, Biohazard or Bomb Everything at the Tiv, truly violent pits, you came out looking like you'd been sparing with Tyson.

Best pit I've revisited in modern times was in Brum, Slayer world painted blood at the 02 academy, second half of the set was brutal - limped back to the safety of the bar after 20 mins, couldn't take the pace any more!

Best pit I've revisited in modern times was in Brum, Slayer world painted blood at the 02 academy, second half of the set was brutal

The O2 in Brum does tend to have a very lively crowd, the fiercest Gig I've been to recently was the Machine Head/Hatebreed double header there in 2010, a swirling maelstrom from start to finish I tell thee.

Most ferocious ever? Probably the Stampin' Ground gigs in pub basements, only time I've ever been properly knocked unconscious was against the downstairs bar at the Flapper.

Carcass haven't sounded 'like Carcass' for a long time now. Neither have ND really. That didn't sound too far a departure from Heartwork, and that was 20 years ago! Be interested to yea what the vocals sound like.

Ken was a student at the music tech college I worked at about 6 years ago. Actually the owner of the college business was the ex Carcass tour manager come to think about it!